B.S. On Your Collar (Says Your Argument’s Untrue): Another Common Core Lie Exposed
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE AN S.O.B.: First, let me introduce my first post at “Schools Matter at the Chalk Face.” It’s an enormous compliment to have been invited by Tim and Shaun to contribute to the collective blogging efforts of so many bright, insightful, and dedicated people. For the last couple of years, […]
Who Speaks for Whom?
With the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington before us, two moments should inform the education reform debate and the essential issue of who speaks for whom. Gloria Richardson confronted the silencing of women’s voices at the March on Washington in 1963, and Diane Ravitch confronting the tensions between civil rights advocates appearing to […]
Memphis Commercial Appeal Ignores Cuts to Worker Salaries/Benefits to Pay for Charter School Empire and Other CorpEd Priorities
Policy elites of Shelby County are in search for more tax money for corporate welfare education projects. For pre-K, there is a plan to increase the burden on the poor, who now pay almost 10 percent in local and state sales tax, which includes the same tax on food. This fall the ballot will […]
8-28-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Amanda Ripley, Believe Her or Not!Since Amanda Ripley was assigned to do the Time story with Michelle Rhee on her broom, she has been the darling of CorpEd. And with no study of education (BA in Government, Cornell) and no schooling in Journalism (BA in Government, Cornell), she is perfectly suited for the task of taking the latest bullshit from […]5 by Jim Horn /